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Dakar 2023 - Prologue | All to play for

No surprises in the first bout of the second W2RC season. In the car category, the first-timers Ekström, Peterhansel, Sainz and Chicherit made up the top 7 of the prologue together with the 2022 podium, composed of Al Attiyah, Loeb and Al-Rajhi!
The cast of the new season is now clear. It is more or less the same in the T3 and T4 categories, where young drivers and former bikers making the transition to four wheels have started to rub shoulders with the established stars. A new generation is rising, albeit at a more measured pace than in the car category.
Martin Macík drew first blood in the truck race. No points will be awarded for the prologue, but the recorded differences will be added to the times for stage 1, which will only grant points to FIA competitors: 5 points for the top driver.

Extended highlights of the prologue


163 COPETTI Pablo (usa), Del Amo Motorsports by Motul, Yamaha, Quad, FIM W2RC, Motul, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI
163 COPETTI Pablo (usa), Del Amo Motorsports by Motul, Yamaha, Quad, FIM W2RC, Motul, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI © A.S.O./J.Delfosse/DPPI
501 MACIK Martin (cze), TOMASEK Frantisek (cze), SVANDA David (cze), MM Technology, Iveco, Trucks, FIA W2RC, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI
501 MACIK Martin (cze), TOMASEK Frantisek (cze), SVANDA David (cze), MM Technology, Iveco, Trucks, FIA W2RC, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI © A.S.O./J.Delfosse/DPPI
210 PROKOP Martin (cze), CHYTKA Viktor (cze), Orlen Benzina Team, Ford Raptor, Auto, FIA W2RC, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI
210 PROKOP Martin (cze), CHYTKA Viktor (cze), Orlen Benzina Team, Ford Raptor, Auto, FIA W2RC, action during the Prologue of the Dakar 2023, on December 31, 2022 near Yanbu, Saudi Arabia - Photo Julien Delfosse / DPPI © Julien Delfosse / DPPIA.S.O./J.Delfosse/DPPI